Couples can find a mate, fill out a bridal registry and plan a honeymoon on
the computer. Now they
can also divorce online.

A Web site started last year by a Seattle attorney gives the unhappily wed
in Washington,
California, Florida and New York the
option of dissolving their marriages online. Texas is next, and several
other states are being
considered.

The site is the latest twist in a do-it-yourself trend. Changing trends in
the USA Average age of
first marriage Divorce year male
female Divorced Americans Divorces granted 1970 23.2 20.8 4.3 million 0.7
million 2000 26.8 25.1
19.9 million 1.2 million Sources:
U.S. Census; National Center for Health Statistics

No national figures exist on self-representation. But some experts estimate
that as many as half of
1.2 million couples divorcing
annually in the USA do so without a lawyer representing at least one of the
parties.

The Web site, www.completecase.com,
differs from the many
self-help sites offering advice, referrals or downloads of documents needed
to file for divorce in a
particular state.

For $249, the Web site prompts couples with questions on everything from
dividing financial assets
to deciding where the kids
celebrate birthdays. The software then uses their answers to fill out the
documents that a couple
can download and submit to a
court.

Requirements vary by locale as to whether a couple must show up in court or
can mail in or fax their
divorce filing. But in all
cases, a judge must still sign the order ending a marriage.

Randy Finney, a family law attorney for 11 years and the founder of the Web
site, says it was
designed for uncontested divorces.
It's not for couples with convoluted finances or for those fighting over
child custody and who gets
the dog.

"The decision to get a divorce comes way before the decision about how to
get a divorce," says
Finney, 35, who is happily married.
"I don't think anyone takes their wedding vows so frivolously that they're
going to get a divorce
just because they can do it for
$249."

Not everyone is thrilled with the notion of cyber-divorce.

Judges and lawyers fret that couples who use the Web site may believe
they've had legal counsel when
they haven't. And leaders in
the movement to save marriages complain that point-and-click divorce further
undermines the
institution's supposed sanctity.

"I can only think of one use of the Internet that's worse and that's
pornography," says Dennis
Rainey, executive director of
FamilyLife, a religious group based in Little Rock. "We're trying to do all
we can to call people to
keep their wedding vows."

FamilyLife has joined with 30 other organizations since 1999 in drawing
175,000 spouses nationwide
to "I Still Do" ceremonies that
affirm marriage.

Despite the marriage celebrations, about one-fifth of American men and women
have been divorced at
least once.

A study released last month by the U.S. Census shows about 90% of Americans
will marry at some
point. For men, 54% married just
once. For women, 60%. Serial marriage is rare: Only 3% of Americans have
married three times or
more; 13% have married twice.

Finney estimates his Web site has helped 1,000 couples unhitch. Stacey Kiss
of Seattle is among
those who traveled to virtual
Splitsville. The self-described "Internet junkie" says it took her and her
husband of seven years
about three hours one night to
click through the Web site's detailed questions.

"We never got along on anything through our entire marriage, but we still
managed to come to an
agreement," says Kiss, 36, a
hospital business-services manager. "Why drag it out and make it
complicated?"

She says the online split was cheaper and easier than her first, traditional
divorce. Now single,
Kiss says she's comfortable with
dot-com divorce, but she draws the line at cyber-dating.

"I like surfing the Web," she says, "but not for men."

TIME Magazine

Express Divorce

Ernesto Gomez and his wife Blanca had been planning to get a divorce for
three years. They had
already separated and worked out custody and child support for their two
kids. But they had stalled on filing because they didn't
want to deal with the hassle and expense. Hiring a lawyer, they were told,
would cost at least $1,500. Using a free service offered
by the court would involve numerous meetings spread out over several
weeks.

So when Gomez heard an ad on the radio for a service called
CompleteCase.com that
would let him fill out the paperwork online for
just $249, he decided to give it a try. Four days after he logged onto the
site, he had the papers
completed and filed in court.
"CompleteCase gives you step-by-step instructions. You can't miss anything,"
says Gomez, a
distribution-center manager in Miami.

Gomez is not the only one turning to the Internet to simplify the process.
Other services, like
divorcewizards. com and
divorcesyourself.com also offer quickie online divorce kits, usually for
$300 or less. No lawyer is
involved unless a client chooses
to pay extra for a consultation by phone or e-mail.

Brian Lee, president of legalzoom.com says his site has handled more than
30,000 divorces since its
launch in 2001. Though people
still have to convey their forms to the court, the process of filling out
the paperwork can take
less than an hour, thanks to simple
online questionnaires that hand-hold customers through the process.

Online divorce is not an option if the couple can't agree on the terms. Even
when they can, not
everyone thinks it's a good idea.
"Instant divorce is the last thing we need," says Mike McManus, president of
the marriage advocacy
group Marriage Savers. Instead of
a divorce, McManus says, couples often just need time to cool off before
working out their
differences.

Still, such services are spreading. Utah and California offer do-it-yourself
sites that let you fill
the forms out online (for $20
at utcourts.gov/how to; free at www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp)
Traffic on the California site rose from 6,800 page views in May 2002 to
nearly 17,000 in May 2003.
--By Anita Hamilton

Los Angeles Times

Couples Can Untie the Knot Online; Divorce is a mouse click away, but not
for everyone.

Abstract: Californians can legally split from their spouses over the Web
site
www.completecase.com
and never have to set foot in a courthouse or lawyer's office. Legal papers
can be completed
within anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours, depending on the complexity of
the split, according to Randolph Finney, a
Seattle-based family law attorney who founded the site.

For Californians, once the judge signs the documents, they are "legally
binding and enforceable,"
says Finney, but per state law the
divorce doesn't become finalized for six months.

Full Text: (Copyright, The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times 2001 All
rights reserved)

The circle of online life is now complete. You can date online; you can
marry online; and now you
can divorce online.

Californians can legally split from their spouses over the Web site
www.completecase.com
and never have to set foot in a courthouse or lawyer's office. Legal papers
can be completed within
anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours, depending on the complexity of the
split, according to Randolph Finney, a Seattle-based
family law attorney who founded the site.

For a flat fee of $249, the site walks divorcing couples step-by- step
through such issues as
community property and calculating
child support payments. When the online form is completed, the applicant
simply signs the papers and
mails them to the
courthouse.

But it's not for everyone. It works only for those couples who are parting
amicably and filing for
an uncontested divorce. "If you
can't agree on who gets the kids, our site is not for you," says Finney, a
married 35-year-old.

The site debuted earlier this year, but only to residents of Washington
state. Last month,
California was added, and soon Florida,
New York and Oregon are expected to be added. So far, the site has helped
process hundreds of
divorces, says Finney.

The site has drawn critics who denounce the online divorce as yet another
blow to society's bedrock
institutions. The very ease of
the process, some contend, makes family and marriage as disposable as an old
appliance. Indeed, a
similar site in England was
recently condemned by the pope as immoral because it made divorce too
easy.

Naturally, Finney disagrees. "I think our Web site has the opposite effect,"
he said. "If you're
going to get divorced, let's do it
in a civil manner. I really don't believe having something available that
makes it easier and costs
less money is going to encourage
divorce."

The inspiration for the project came from his law practice, where he
primarily handles divorces. It
took about a year to get the
site up and running. "On almost a daily basis, I would get clients who said
they needed a divorce
but didn't have the money or the
patience with the legal process to pursue it," he said. "These people are
really stuck between a
rock and a hard place."

For Californians, once the judge signs the documents, they are "legally
binding and enforceable,"
says Finney, but per state law the
divorce doesn't become finalized for six months. "It isn't quite as fast as
a Las Vegas divorce," he
says.

KSLA News 12

Analysis: Louisiana among states with most amicable
divorces

By KSLA Staff, KSLA NEWS 12

It's generally assumed that once any couple has reached the stage of divorce,
things have reached
a low point.

But thankfully, divorce doesn't always have to be a bitter situation. Some
couples manage to part
ways as friends.

Many couples manage to part ways quite amicably; just look at the blissful
‘conscious uncoupling’
of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, or observe how Demi Moore and Bruce
Willis holiday together
with their new partners. There’s even a hot new trend for former husbands
and wives to take
‘divorce selfies’ just after leaving court.

A recent analysis by CompleteCase.com found which states have the happiest
and easiest divorces
by comparing couples in each state who declared online that they were in
agreement with each
other against those who were not.

Louisiana came in the top ten when it comes to an easy, amicable divorce.

According to CompleteCase, which facilitates online divorces, completing
divorce papers in the
Pelican State, as well as other states from Oregon to Rhode Island can be a
pretty painless
process as this is where couples are more likely to have an uncontested
divorce. Couples in
these states might even remain friends afterwards.

Things are likely to be pleasantly cordial in states stretching across the
nation from Hawaii to
New York; there might be a few conversations through gritted teeth, or a
little bit of sniping
back and forth, but generally divorcing couples in these states can politely
get through it all
without too many recriminations.

However, if you live in Alabama, you’re not likely to have a quick or easy
divorce; relationships
which break down here can be the most disagreeable in the country when
starting the divorce
process. From bitter disputes over who owns what, to raging arguments over
alimony, lawyers in
the Yellowhammer state stand to do rather well.

Huffington Post

Blake Shelton Opens Up About 'Fast' Divorce From Miranda
Lambert

By Deborah Sharp, HUFFINGTON POST

Country music star Blake Shelton has finally addressed why his split from
Miranda
Lambert seemed
so quick.

The two announced their divorce on Jul. 20, but according to US Weekly, it
was
finalized just
hours after it was made public. Shelton had filed divorce papers two weeks
earlier, TMZ
reports.

In a recent interview with "The Bobby Bones Show," Shelton shared how he kept
their breakup
quiet.

"In Oklahoma, it happens so fast," said Shelton. "Like, Miranda and I didn't
have
any kids, and
we had a prenuptial agreement, or whatever we had. So, it was like once we
filed
for divorce… it
was like a nine or 10-day waiting period until it's over.”

He said that he was not too worried about rumours, or whispers about
infidelity.

“By the time anyone knew anything, it was over.”

The superstar couple were married for four years and famously met in 2005
while
Shelton was still
married to first wife Kaynette Gern.

"I didn't know if it was just initial butterflies… I don't know what it was,"
Lambert told Hoba
Kotb in 2011, about when she first met Shelton. "It was just this draw to
each
other."

But while those butterflies may have faded for the couple, their speedy
divorce
may have helped
them avoid any further drama.

Oklahoma came in second in a ranking of states with the nicest divorces,
according to new
research from divorce form preparation service CompleteCase.com.

Shelton told "The Bobby Bones Show" that he and Lambert are still on good
terms.

"Our whole thing was: You know, we're just going to be cool about this," said
Shelton. "It is
what it is. We're buddies."

News Channel 4

“I just want everyone to be friends,” Little girl has a
heart-to-heart with mom about
divorce

by KFOR-TV & K. QUERRY, NEWS CHANNEL 4

Divorce can be difficult on everyone involved, especially children.

6-year-old Tiana decided that she had seen enough of her parents’ arguments
and fights following
their divorce.

Instead of bottling up her emotions, the little girl decided to have a
heart-to-heart with her
mother.

“Mom, are you ready to be his friend?” Tiana asks. “Just try your best. I
don’t want you and my
dad to be replaced… and mean again. I want you and my dad to be placed, and
settled, and be
friends. I’m not trying to be mean, I just want everyone to be friends.”

While divorce is usually full of emotions, it doesn’t have to be a bitter
experience.

An analysis by CompleteCase.com found which states have the most amicable
divorces by looking at
the number of couples who declared online that they were in agreement with
each other.

In fact, researchers say Oklahomans tend to be pretty easy going when it
comes to getting a
divorce.

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